Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
In 1922, embryologist H M Evans discovered tocopherols (TP) which are needed for human reproduction (Evans and Bishop, 1922, Evans et al., 1974). More than 40 years later, the isolation of tocotrienol (T3) from latex was first reported by R A Morton (Danphy et al., 1965). To date, vitamin E consists of T3 and TP. […]
The aquaculture industry is currently the fastest growing food production sector in the world. World aquaculture produces about 60 million tones of seafood worth more than USD 70 billion annually (FAO, 2006). Farmed fish accounts for about 50% of all consumed fish in the world, and this percentage is expected to continue to increase due […]
Breast cancer worldwide affects nearly one million women per year and although current treatments do help many patients, more than 350 000 die from the disease. In the United States, 215 990 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and 40 110 died from the disease (American Cancer Society, 2004). In Malaysia, breast cancer […]
A mammalian diploid cell (a cell having two complete sets of chromosomes) expresses ~2 x 10^4 mRNAs (messenger ribonucleic acids) from the genome of 1.40 x 10^5 genes. This well established observation implies the existence of complex mechanisms that selectively transcribe the cell-specific genes within the nucleus and coordinate the transcriptional processes with dynamic events […]
This paper reviews some of the antioxidant and anti-cancer effects attributed to tocotrienols
The oil palm’s main commercial offspring in Malaysia is the Tenera (T) which corresponds to a cross between the Dura (D) and the Pisifera (P) varieties of the Elaeis guineensis species from Western Africa. The crude oil from this species have equal proportions of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids and is high in monounsaturates. Furthermore […]
The interest on vitamin E is growing as vitamin E not only functions as an antioxidant in food systems, but it has also been linked to human health. Recent research results suggest that vitamin E, as a free radical scavenger, may play an important role in the protection against free radical-mediated degenerative diseases such as […]